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CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Homo: What Who When Where?; Evolution of Early Human Body Form; Evolution of Human Life History Patterns
CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Homo: What Who When Where?; Evolution of Early Human Body Form; Evolution of Human Life History Patterns
This symposium explores evidence bearing on the emergence of our genus, focusing on possible antecedents to Homo, change... Read more
13 Apr 2016
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57mins
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CARTA presents Anthropogeny: The Perspective from Africa - Abdoulaye Camara
CARTA presents Anthropogeny: The Perspective from Africa - Abdoulaye Camara
This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa... Read more
29 Aug 2019
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29mins
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CARTA: The Origin of Us – Richard Ed Green: Interbreeding with Archaic Humans Outside Africa
CARTA: The Origin of Us – Richard Ed Green: Interbreeding with Archaic Humans Outside Africa
CARTA: Behaviorally Modern Humans: The Origin of Us – Richard “Ed” Green: Interbreeding with Archaic Humans outside Afri... Read more
18 Feb 2015
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24mins
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CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – The Origins of Modern Humans in Africa; Ancient European Population History; The Genetic History of the Americas
CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – The Origins of Modern Humans in Africa; Ancient European Population History; The Genetic History of the Americas
This symposium brings together researchers at the forefront of ancient DNA research and population genetics to discuss c... Read more
27 Jul 2016
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58mins
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CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – Sriram Sankararaman: The Landscape of Archaic Ancestry in Modern Humans
CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – Sriram Sankararaman: The Landscape of Archaic Ancestry in Modern Humans
In this talk, Sriram Sankararaman (UCLA) describes methods that enable us to map the locations of archaic ancestry in pr... Read more
11 Dec 2017
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19mins
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CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Daniel Lieberman: Adaptive Shifts Accompanying the Origin of Homo
CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Daniel Lieberman: Adaptive Shifts Accompanying the Origin of Homo
Harvard’s Daniel Lieberman argues that genus Homo differs from other early hominins through an integrated suite of behav... Read more
10 Apr 2017
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20mins
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CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Sarah Tishkoff: Human Population Genetics and Origins
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Sarah Tishkoff: Human Population Genetics and Origins
CARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addre... Read more
4 Jun 2019
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16mins
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CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Steven Churchill: Southern Africa and the Origin of Homo
CARTA: Origins of Genus Homo – Steven Churchill: Southern Africa and the Origin of Homo
In the last seven years, two hominin species possessing a mixture of primitive and Homo-like morphology – Australopithec... Read more
28 Nov 2016
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19mins
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CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Kristen Hawkes: Hunter-Gatherers/Life History and Reproduction
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Kristen Hawkes: Hunter-Gatherers/Life History and Reproduction
CARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addre... Read more
5 Jun 2019
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16mins
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CARTA: The Role of Hunting in Anthropogeny: Margaret Schoeninger - How We Determine What Food Fueled Human Evolution
CARTA: The Role of Hunting in Anthropogeny: Margaret Schoeninger - How We Determine What Food Fueled Human Evolution
Hunting is considered a key human adaptation and is thought to have influenced our anatomy, physiology and behavior over... Read more
22 Oct 2018
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20mins
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CARTA: Unique Features of Human Skin – Nina Jablonski: Naked Colorful Skin and Its Role in Human Social Interactions
CARTA: Unique Features of Human Skin – Nina Jablonski: Naked Colorful Skin and Its Role in Human Social Interactions
The evolution of mostly naked skin in the human lineage heralded major changes in the biological and social functions of... Read more
9 May 2016
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24mins
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CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – Neandertal and Denisovan Genomes and What They Tell Us; A Map of Neandertal Genes in Present Day Humans; The Phenotypic Legacy of Neandertal Interbreeding on Modern Humans
CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – Neandertal and Denisovan Genomes and What They Tell Us; A Map of Neandertal Genes in Present Day Humans; The Phenotypic Legacy of Neandertal Interbreeding on Modern Humans
This symposium brings together researchers at the forefront of ancient DNA research and population genetics to discuss c... Read more
20 Jul 2016
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53mins
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CARTA: Impact of Tool Use and Technology on the Evolution of the Human Mind - Leah Krubitzer John Shea Paula Tallal
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CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – Johannes Krause: Ancient European Population History
CARTA: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution – Johannes Krause: Ancient European Population History
Johannes Krause (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) and his research team analyzed more than 200 anc... Read more
5 Sep 2016
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21mins
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Developmental Amnesia - CARTA presents Impact of Early Life Deprivation on Cognition – Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
Developmental Amnesia - CARTA presents Impact of Early Life Deprivation on Cognition – Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
In modern humans, an exquisite cognitive ability has evolved that enables mental time travel, the ability to mentally tr... Read more
11 Dec 2019
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21mins
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CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Melvin Konner: Hunter-Gatherer Childhood and Human Evolution
CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Melvin Konner: Hunter-Gatherer Childhood and Human Evolution
Research on infancy and childhood among !Kung (Bushmen) hunter-gatherers of northwestern Botswana, the first hunting-gat... Read more
9 Feb 2015
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22mins
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CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Daniel Geschwind James J. Moore Joe Henrich William Kimbel
CARTA 10th Anniversary Symposium: Revisiting the Agenda - Daniel Geschwind James J. Moore Joe Henrich William Kimbel
CARTA celebrates its 10th anniversary with a whirlwind tour of anthropogeny, the study of the origin of humans, by addre... Read more
26 May 2019
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58mins
Ranked #18
CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Matthew Tocheri: Insights into Hominin Bipedalism from Gorilla Anatomy
CARTA: The Upright Ape: Bipedalism and Human Origins – Matthew Tocheri: Insights into Hominin Bipedalism from Gorilla Anatomy
In this presentation, Matthew Tocheri (Smithsonian Institution) shows how the morphology of four foot bones – the medial... Read more
23 Mar 2015
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17mins
Ranked #19
CARTA presents Anthropogeny: The Perspective from Africa - Himla Soodyall: So Where Do We Come From?
CARTA presents Anthropogeny: The Perspective from Africa - Himla Soodyall: So Where Do We Come From?
This CARTA symposium focuses on the contributions of scientists and scholars of anthropogeny who live and work in Africa... Read more
18 Aug 2019
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30mins
Ranked #20
CARTA: Tool Use and Technology: Dietrich Stout - Early Hominin Stone Tools
CARTA: Tool Use and Technology: Dietrich Stout - Early Hominin Stone Tools
This symposium addresses the interactive gene-culture co-evolution of the human brain with tool use and technology - ran... Read more
5 Dec 2018
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19mins
